Move over Cara! Harry Styles is 'pictured' in a steamy embrace with model Paige Reifler... and One Direction fans are outraged

He’s currently touring Australia with One Direction as they fulfil the final leg of their Take Me Home world tour.

But while adoring girls clamour for tousle-haired Harry Styles down under, a willowy young model is currently receiving a very different kind of attention from the band’s notoriously vocal fans.

Indeed, Paige Reifler has received a torrent of online abuse from jealous teens following the emergence of a picture in which she appears to straddle the 19-year-old singer while they share a passionate kiss.

That you, Harry? Two people, thought to be One Direction star Harry Styles and model Paige Reifler, get close in a picture posted on the Instagram account of Styles acquaintance Walter Martinez

The image, posted on Instagram by Styles acquaintance Walter Martinez, is one of three featuring the pair, presumably taken before the singer jetted off to Australia with his band-mates earlier this month.

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Two of the grainy shots sees Harry and Paige adopt playful poses in what appears to be a living room, with the young model wearing a motorcycle helmet while the One Direction star clutches a small plastic bottle like a microphone.

The third shot shows two people embracing on a rug – but while the faces are not seen, a distinctive tattoo on the underside of an arm suggests the male in question is Harry.

Having fun: Harry and Paige hang out in another shot posted on Instagram

Say cheese: Harry Styles and Paige Reifler are in good spirits in another shot posted on Instagram

Paige has since taken to the picture messaging service in a desperate bid to get the pictures removed.

‘Take this down now!! Seriously not cool at all…’ reads one furious comment, while in another she pleads: ‘This is no way to get back at me… Walter, c’mon now!’

The images have since been deleted, but in a cryptic tweet added to her Twitter account on September 29 she wrote: ‘Revenge is childish, I hope you’re happy.’

Harry had previously been linked to another model in Cara Delevingne, with whom he was spotted at London Fashion Week in September – but images of Harry hanging out with Paige have been circulating since August.

Curious: Pictures of Harry and Paige (to his immediate right) have been circulating since August

That same month, sources claimed that he is off the market after striking up a relationship with someone he’s known ‘for quite a while.’

‘Harry has a new girlfriend,’ an insider told The Sun. ‘It’s someone he’s known for a while. It’s early days but they’re getting on really well, and the fact that he’s flown her to New York City shows how keen he is.

‘He’s introducing her as his girlfriend to the camp. They seem well suited and happy.’

Following the emergence of Martinez' shot, Paige's Instagram account has been overwhelmed with abuse from jealous fans, with many labeling her a b***h for the apparent snog with their idol.

Remember me? Cara Delevingne was romantically linked to Harry Styles in September